故地重游 Gù dì chóng yóu Revisiting the old place

Explanation

回到以前去过的地方再次游览。

To revisit a place one has been to before.

Origin Story

李明大学毕业后就去了北京工作，一晃十年过去了。这天，他请年假，决定回到阔别已久的家乡看看。家乡的变化很大，高楼大厦拔地而起，宽阔的马路取代了以前的泥泞小路。他来到曾经玩耍的河边，发现那条清澈的小河不见了，取而代之的是一条混浊的臭水沟。他感到无比的失落。他来到儿时居住的老房子，发现它依然矗立在那里，虽然有些破旧，但依然保留着当年的模样。他推开门，一股熟悉的霉味扑鼻而来。他仿佛回到了童年，回到了那个无忧无虑的时代。他坐在老房子里，回忆起儿时与小伙伴们一起玩耍的场景，回忆起父母的关爱，回忆起家乡的点点滴滴。时间过得很快，夕阳西下，他恋恋不舍地离开了家乡，带着对家乡的思念，带着对童年的回忆，踏上了返回北京的路程。这次故地重游，让他对家乡有了新的认识，也让他更加珍惜现在的美好生活。

li ming dàxué bìyè hòu jiù qù le běijīng gōngzuò, yī huǎng shí nián guòqù le. zhè tiān, tā qǐng nián jià, juédìng huí dào kuòbié yǐ jiǔ de jiāxiāng kàn kan. jiāxiāng de biànhuà hěn dà, gāolóng dàshà bá dì ér qǐ, kuān kuò de mǎlù qǔdài le yǐqián de níníng xiǎolù. tā lái dào céngjīng wánshuǎ de hé biān, fāxiàn nà tiáo qīngchè de xiǎohé bù jiàn le, qǔ'ér zhī dài de shì yī tiáo hùnzhuó de chòu shuǐ gōu. tā gǎndào wú bǐ de shīluò. tā lái dào ér shí jūzhù de lǎo fángzi, fāxiàn tā yīrán chùlì zài nàlǐ, suīrán yǒuxiē pòjiù, dàn yīrán bǎoliú zhe dāngnián de múyàng. tā tuīkāi mén, yī gǔ shúxī de méiwèi pū bí ér lái. tā fǎngfú huí dào le tóngnián, huí dào le nàge wú yōu wú lǜ de shídài. tā zuò zài lǎo fángzi lǐ, huíyì qǐ ér shí yǔ xiǎohuǒbàn men yīqǐ wánshuǎ de chǎngjǐng, huíyì qǐ fùmǔ de guān'ài, huíyì qǐ jiāxiāng de diǎn diǎn dī dī. shíjiān guò de hěn kuài, xīyáng xī xià, tā liàn liàn bù shě de líkāi le jiāxiāng, dài zhe duì jiāxiāng de sīniàn, dài zhe duì tóngnián de huíyì, tà shàng le fǎnhuí běijīng de lùchéng. zhè cì gù dì chóng yóu, ràng tā duì jiāxiāng yǒu le xīn de rènshi, yě ràng tā gèngjiā zhēnxī xiànzài de měihǎo shēnghuó.

Li Ming went to work in Beijing after graduating from university. Ten years passed in a flash. This day, he took a vacation and decided to return to his hometown after a long absence. His hometown has changed a lot. High-rise buildings sprung up, and wide roads replaced the former muddy roads. He came to the river where he used to play, and found that the clear river was gone, replaced by a turbid and smelly ditch. He felt immensely lost. He came to the old house where he lived as a child, and found that it was still standing there, although a little dilapidated, but still retaining its original appearance. He opened the door, and a familiar musty smell came wafting out. He seemed to return to his childhood, back to that carefree time. He sat in the old house, recalling the scenes of playing with his friends in his childhood, recalling the love of his parents, and recalling bits and pieces of his hometown. Time passed quickly, the sun set, and he reluctantly left his hometown, carrying his longing for his hometown, carrying his childhood memories, and set off on the road back to Beijing. This revisit to his old place gave him a new understanding of his hometown, and also made him cherish his current good life more.

Usage

表示再次来到以前去过的地方。

biǎoshì zàicì lái dào yǐqián qù guò de dìfāng.

To express the action of visiting a place that one has been to before.

Examples

• 十年之后，我故地重游，发现这里变化很大。

  shí nián zhī hòu, wǒ gù dì chóng yóu, fā xiàn zhè lǐ biàn huà hěn dà.

  Ten years later, I revisited the old place and found that it had changed a lot.

• 他故地重游，回忆起童年的往事。

  tā gù dì chóng yóu, huí yì qǐ tóng nián de wǎng shì

  He revisited his old place and recalled his childhood memories

Related Idioms

• 重游故地

• 旧地重游

• 故地

Opposite Idioms

• 初次造访

• 首次前往